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Total blood loss (TBL) and HBL were calculated using the gross formula. The age, sex, body mass index (BMI), operation time, measured blood loss, the number of fused segments, hematocrit (HCT), anticoagulant or platelet medication, blood transfusion, days of hospitalization, pre-\/postoperative Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score, and JOA recovery rate were compared. Results: A total of thirteen patients were included in the study. The average age, BMI, number of fused segments, operation time, estimated blood loss, and blood transfusion were 69.5 years, 23.3, 2.5, 250 min, 122 mL, and 230 mL, respectively. Five patients received anticoagulant or platelet therapy. Days of hospitalization, pre-\/postoperative JOA score, and JOA recovery rate were 14.9 \u00b1 5.1, 19.9 \u00b1 2.7, and 18.0 \u00b1 43.4%, respectively. The TBL and HBL were 688 and 797 mL, respectively. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that younger age (p = 0.01), female sex (p = 0.01), and number of fused segments (p = 0.02) were significantly associated with higher HBL. Conclusions: The HBL in OLIF was 797 mL, which was more than other previously reported procedures. Therefore, OLIF may not be less invasive in terms of HBL. Blood loss after surgery should be considered, especially when patients are younger, are female, and have a greater number of fused segments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina58040527","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,9]],"date-time":"2022-04-09T05:13:08Z","timestamp":1649481188000},"page":"527","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Substantially High Hidden Blood Loss in Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion: Retrospective Case Series"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"58","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1315-4565","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Koichiro","family":"Shima","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, Fukui 918-8501, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5599-0185","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takashi","family":"Sono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, Fukui 918-8501, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Toshiyuki","family":"Kitaori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, Fukui 918-8501, Japan"},{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kitano Hospital, Osaka 530-8480, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kazutaka","family":"Takatsuka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, Fukui 918-8501, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1053","DOI":"10.1302\/0301-620X.88B8.17534","article-title":"Hidden blood loss after surgery for hip fracture","volume":"88","author":"Foss","year":"2006","journal-title":"J. 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